AIRPORT × WILDLIFE
Ring-billed gull reports at KSLC
The FAA database contains 12 filed reports pairing Salt Lake City Intl (KSLC) with Ring-billed gull; damage was indicated in 16.7% and engine ingestion in 8.3%. This count is not a future-event probability.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · Airport-subject cohort · Snapshot September 16, 2026
Filed reports121990–export
Damage indicated216.7% of reports
Engine ingestion18.3% of reports
Latest report2026-01-12in this aggregate
01 / CONTEXT
Ring-billed gull reports at KSLC: 12 paired reports in the FAA file
Ring-billed gull reports at KSLC contains 12 filed reports; 2 indicate damage and 1 record engine ingestion, while the national Ring-billed gull parent contains 2,496 reports.
WHY THERE IS NO RISK GRADE
FAA reporting is voluntary, reporting intensity varies, and this pairing has no flight-exposure denominator. Runway Wildlife keeps counts and conditional damage shares separate.